My mum, although she did her best to cook healthy for me, used a lot of salt and butter and oil in her cooking even though she told me she didn’t – so moving away from that to somewhere that I am in total and complete control over my own food I thought the weight would drop off.

It hasn’t happened. I did drop a few pounds at one point getting down to just under 9 stone, but that went back on along with a few extra pounds and as of right now I am exactly where I was 5 weeks ago when I set off. It’s not ideal, but at least it’s not a gain and I do have to admit I have not been doing quite as well with my diet.

Yesterday was day one of my plan and I consumed only 700 calories and burned 400.

Trust me, this is not something I am going to keep up past this week, I know that it is not recommended to eat so few calories. But I have tried every thing else I can think of to try and get the scales moving again and nothing has worked – ‘Crazy Low Cal’ is my last ditch attempt!

That means a lot of veg, salads, quorn, tofu and tuna and nothing but water to drink.

This is really no hardship for me, I actually love all of the above – especially tuna which is good for you, low in calories and delicious. It’s even been proved to be helpful for pregnant women in many ways, including fighting off depression. Usually women are encouraged to shy away from fish during pregnancy!

I already know many healthy tuna recipes but am always willing to learn more – remarkably out of all the amazing things you can do with tuna my favourite recipe is a simple tuna (low fat) mayo salad – it’s as easy as taking it out of the tin, mixing it in and enjoying.

I’ll update you on Wednesday to how it went.

It’s an online game or sorts where you grow your own food and follow it through several stages, from planting it to it being on the shelves for sale.

There is also a whole host of great information available, from great recipes for you to try out to what produce you can buy locally in your area.

A great addition as well is that for each person who signs up and takes part the Council will donate two pounds of flour, to Operation Homefront, an organisation that helps U.S. troops and their families who are in need. Of course it is totally free to sign up and take part so this is a great way for everyone to get involved and help out.

Great website

What a pity, it could have been my greatest find since I discovered I like beetroot.

Tea: 2 poached eggs, grilled bacon, baked beans, 2 x medium bread – 600

Dinner: Tomato soup – 170

Snack 1: Crisps – 90

Snack 2: Chicken, 3 cherry tomatos, crab stick – 100

Drinks: Tea, juice, water – 20

Total: 1180

Exercise: 20 minutes elliptical – 200 burned